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Languages of the pre-Columbian Antilles [electronic resource] / Julian Granberry, Gary S. Vescelius.

By: Granberry, Julian.
Contributor(s): Vescelius, Gary S | ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2004Description: xiv, 153 p. : maps ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Indians of the West Indies -- Antilles, Greater -- Languages | Taino language -- Antilles, GreaterGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 409/.729 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
The pre-Columbian Antilles : an overview of research and sources -- The languages of the Greater Antilles : a documentary view -- Anomalous non-Taíno language data from the Greater Antilles -- The primary archaeological correlates of language data from the Greater Antilles and their outliers -- Languages of the Greater Antilles : a working hypothesis -- The languages of the Lesser Antilles and their archaeological correlates -- The toponymic method and the derivation of Taíno morphemes (with a note on Macorís and Ciboney toponyms) -- Toponyms and the settlement of the Lucayan Islands : a methodological test -- Some principles of Taíno grammar -- A short lexicon of Taíno morphemes and lexical forms -- Antillean languages : an afterview.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-148) and index.

The pre-Columbian Antilles : an overview of research and sources -- The languages of the Greater Antilles : a documentary view -- Anomalous non-Taíno language data from the Greater Antilles -- The primary archaeological correlates of language data from the Greater Antilles and their outliers -- Languages of the Greater Antilles : a working hypothesis -- The languages of the Lesser Antilles and their archaeological correlates -- The toponymic method and the derivation of Taíno morphemes (with a note on Macorís and Ciboney toponyms) -- Toponyms and the settlement of the Lucayan Islands : a methodological test -- Some principles of Taíno grammar -- A short lexicon of Taíno morphemes and lexical forms -- Antillean languages : an afterview.

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